Tie and rail holder



TIE AND RAIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, I921.

1,401,935. Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

' JOHN AHLBY JOHN AHLBY, OF IBERGLAN'D, MICHIGAN.

TIE AND RAIL HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN AHLBY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Bergland, in the county of Ontonagon andState of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTie and Rail Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail laying equipment and the object is toprovide a simple, practical and efficient device for holding railwayrails in steady and proper positionagainst a tie while spikes are beingdriven into the tie. Further objects will be disclosed in the course ofthe following specification and are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a top view of my device, illustrating its application to atie where two rails are about to be spiked thereto.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the line 22 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of theholder as used when spiking one railonly.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals 4L designates rails whichare to be spiked to ties 5. When two rails are to be spiked as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, a shaft 6 has flanged wheels 7 at its ends which areadapted to roll on the rails 4: from one tie to another. Slidable on theshaft 6 is a wheel 8, having a .bail 9 adapted to hold a long hand lever10, the latter resting on said wheel when pressure is brought to beardown on it. 'Said wheel 8 is also flanged so that it will guide properlyon the rail when only one rail is being spiked (see Fig. 3), in whichevent the shaft 6 and wheels 7 are removed.

The lower end of the lever is provided with two lugs 11, the outer endsof which are as far apart as the width of the lower flange of the railt. To said outer ends are pivotally secured a pair of tongs 12, 13 whoselower ends are provided with prongs 14 adapted to grip under the tie 5.To the upper end of the tong 12 is pivotally mounted a curved bar 13having a weight 14 at its moving or swinging end. The curved or mainpart of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 2*? 1921.

Application filed April 23, 1921.

Serial No. 463,854.

said bar is slidable' in a perforated extension 15 of the tong 13.

In the operation and use of the device when two rails are to be spikedthe complete device, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is rolled along fromplace to place on the rails. The ties to be spiked are gripped by'thetongs 12, 13 which are held together by the weight 1 1. lVhen pressureis then brought to bear down on the handle 10 it is obvious that therails and tie will be firmly clamped together, in which condition theymay be spiked properly together. The spiking of a single rail isaccomplished by removing the shaft 6 and its wheels .7 and placing thewheel 8 on the rail (see Fig. 3);- In' this 1. A device of the classdescribed consisting of a hand lever adapted to fulcrum on a rail, apair of tongs pivotally mounted on the end of the lever and adapted togrip under a tie placed under the rail, and a curved bar pivotallyconnected to the upper end of one of the tongs, said bar being slidablein the upper end of the other tong.

2. A device of the class described consisting of a hand lever adapted tofulcrum on a rail, a pair of tongs pivotally mounted on the end of thelever and adapted to grip under a tie placed under the rail, asubstantially U-shaped bar pivotally secured at one end to the upper endof one of the tongs, and a weight at the other end of the bar, said barbeing slidable in the upper end of the other tong. V i In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN AI-ILBY.

